On 15 Sep 2016 at 20:28, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Bruce  Johnson
> <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sep 13, 2016, at 9:10 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz
> >> <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> "Deep meson sites"
> >>
> >> Yeah, it's even canon!
> >
> > Yes there are numerous refs in canon to things like that, if it´s
> > powered by geothermal you don´t have to worry about running out of
> > power; at least until James Bond lets the lava out :-P
> >
> > I suspect someone even built or or two back in the day doing things
> > like testing the limits of FF&S and such.
>
> If it were geothermal, that would prevent neutrino emissions that
> would give orbiting meson armed ships a target

Though you'd still have to be careful about what you used as the
"cold" side of the setup. It needs to be significantly cooler than
the hot end or you won't get a lot of power.

Also, it needs to be something that the heat will spread out from
quickly, or it'll get warm and reduce the efficiency of the
generator.

The problem that requires care is to avoid causing an anomalous "hot
spot" that can be detected from orbit. That'd be a giveaway too.

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